Our Approach

Strategy and Creative to Move Your Mission Forward.

We Listen.

(Often Between the Words)

Clients don’t always know exactly what they need from us at the outset. Sometimes they just recognize there’s an issue they want to address. Other times, they know the exact issue to address, but can’t figure out how to get from point A to point B. We deploy a mix of research methodologies designed to help uncover the real issue in a way that is mutually understood and actionable.

We Leverage.

(Resources and Relationships)

Big ideas are rarely advanced alone. Once we understand your issue, we’re able to help you discover new solutions, from the development of creative partnerships to the leveraging of human and financial resources.

We Strategize.

(Actions to Move You Forward)

Complex missions can only be achieved with incisive, measurable, and data –driven strategies. We align your big vision with an achievable plan for success: your road map for growth. And then we train your team on implementation.

We Amplify.

(Stories and Impact)

Creating mission-moving change requires momentum. We help build that momentum via creative employee engagement strategies, campaign development, media relations, thought leadership and more, so that the audience who matters most hears the messages that you need them to. And then we train your team on implementation.

What Clients Are Saying

“With Mission Partners, I feel like I am part of the team, and they’re definitely part of mine. I get to learn from them every day, and they appreciate learning from me in order to do their job well. Really, I feel like I am part of a family.”

Executive Director, Donor Experience

National Public Radio

“Carrie has a great sense for how to teach people. She doesn’t stop at developing messaging, but she shows people how to use it.”

Vice President, Philanthropic Engagement and Chief of Staff

Greater Washington Community Foundation

“Carrie and Carolyn are a brilliant match. They bring their respective strengths together for good and the marrying of their two skill sets under one roof allows for a truly unique perspective.”

Vice President, Philanthropic Engagement and Chief of Staff

Greater Washington Community Foundation

“Mission Partners has a certain stick-to-itiveness that I really appreciate. Keeping us on track, getting what you need, holding us accountable. It’s not easy to do, but Mission Partners does this flawlessly.”

Vice President of Communications

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation

“Mission Partners employs a degree of thoughtfulness and intellectual investment that exceeds my typical experience with other consultants.”

Executive Director

Jubilee Housing

“Carolyn and her team were fantastic. Mission Partners has a wealth of knowledge around corporate social responsibility, best practices for companies working with non-profits, and for banks, especially, around the Community Reinvestment Act. In addition, they had great ideas for creating and rolling out volunteer and board service programs that we can efficiently implement. We would definitely recommend working with Mission Partners!”

Director of Community Engagement

Union Bank and Trust

“Together, Carrie and Carolyn bring a powerful combination of disciplined expertise and creative problem-solving to any organization seeking to achieve its full potential.”

President and CEO

Washington Area Women’s Foundation

“Mission Partners has been an amazing partner… great listeners and brilliant strategists. They took the time to get to know our programs and our strategic objectives, and they created opportunities for us that perfectly fit with our goals and that we never could have made happen on our own. Carrie and her team are geniuses at leveraging modest investments for maximum returns. They are among the most genuine, friendly, and conscientious professionals we’ve worked with in our twenty-two year existence.”

Founders and Co-Executive Directors

The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts

“It was refreshing to watch how you were able to take all of our ideas, and organize them into a unified vision. When Mission Partners [was recommend to] me, frankly I didn’t know what to expect…. But after seeing you guys in action, we would be lost without you.”